Need to get my Vanos looked at

Anothermidlifecrisis · Post by **Anothermidlifecrisis** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 5:21 pm

Hi all,

I need to get my Vanos looked at as down on power.

I’m based near Oxford.

Have tried to get in touch with Dannagh at everything M3 but no response after weeks.

Any suggestions appreciated. Can’t believe how hard it is to spend my money!

Simon

Jembo · Post by **Jembo** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 7:26 pm

Anothermidlifecrisis wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 5:21 pm Hi all,

I need to get my Vanos looked at as down on power.

I’m based near Oxford.

Have tried to get in touch with Dannagh at everything M3 but no response after weeks.

Any suggestions appreciated. Can’t believe how hard it is to spend my money!

Simon

I know people who travel much further than that to ETA Motorsport in Kent.

Bunch of true petrol heads who always have given me time.

exdos · Post by **exdos** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 7:38 pm

Anothermidlifecrisis wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 5:21 pm I need to get my Vanos looked at as down on power.

How do you know for sure that your car is down on power and how can you point the finger at the Vanos? What tests have you done?

crustyclown777 · Post by **crustyclown777** » Sat Jun 22, 2019 7:47 am

Mr vanos travels to your location and fits reconditioned units. He’s got a good reputation.

Anothermidlifecrisis · Post by **Anothermidlifecrisis** » Sat Jun 22, 2019 8:16 am

Hi guys,

My engine light came on and then went off. It’s lumpy at low revs and is knowhere near as quick.

Mr Vanos has a bad review on here which put me off but maybe it was a one off?

I’ll check out these guys in Kent as I need a service also.

Thanks for your replies.

exdos · Post by **exdos** » Sat Jun 22, 2019 8:54 am

Anothermidlifecrisis wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2019 8:16 am
My engine light came on and then went off. It’s lumpy at low revs and is knowhere near as quick.

You need to hook up to diagnostics to find the actual cause.

Spaniarduk · Post by **Spaniarduk** » Sun Jun 23, 2019 9:06 pm

crustyclown777 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2019 7:47 am Mr vanos travels to your location and fits reconditioned units. He’s got a good reputation.

Anothermidlifecrisis, like crustyclown777 said

BMWZ4MC · Post by **BMWZ4MC** » Fri Jul 05, 2019 10:32 am

OP, another excellent indy and ///M specialist much closer to you is CPC Performance Engineering in Amersham:

http://www.cpcpe.com/

bradz · Post by **bradz** » Sat Jul 06, 2019 9:17 pm

I'm a Huge fan of ETA the work they have done on my M3 was top notch!

I would however recommend to you Everything M3's hes had lots of great reviews and located in Banbury.

https://www.everythingm3s.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/Everything-M3s ... 713409262/

MichaelPorter80 · Post by **MichaelPorter80** » Sun Sep 08, 2019 12:10 am

Anothermidlifecrisis wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 5:21 pm Hi all,

I need to get my Vanos looked at as down on power.

I’m based near Oxford.

Have tried to get in touch with Dannagh at everything M3 but no response after weeks.

Any suggestions appreciated. Can’t believe how hard it is to spend my money!

Simon

best way to get Darragh is Facebook messenger via his everything m3/// page. He has just done mine highly recommended. May need a bit of perseverance as he is absolutely stacked with work most of the time. But I wouldn’t go anywhere else.

Anothermidlifecrisis · Post by **Anothermidlifecrisis** » Sun Sep 08, 2019 9:40 am

Hi Michael,

That’s good to hear as I was beginning to take it personally! I can’t wait any longer so I took my car to DMWorkx and they advised that there is one fault on my Vanos on exhaust port. I’m getting my car to DMWorx who will do an insp 2 and whist it there Mr Vanos will come down and change Vanos. Will also get timing chain changed. Simon Just had new tyres so expensive month!

Spaniarduk · Post by **Spaniarduk** » Mon Sep 09, 2019 4:42 pm

Anothermidlifecrisis wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2019 8:16 am Hi guys,

My engine light came on and then went off. It’s lumpy at low revs and is knowhere near as quick.

Mr Vanos has a bad review on here which put me off but maybe it was a one off?

I’ll check out these guys in Kent as I need a service also.

Thanks for your replies.

I got mine replaced by Mr VANOS at my home address in Leicestershire during the weekend. While he was 'at it' he also checked the valve clearance (two shims needed replacing) and, surprise-surprise!!, the timing chain was stretched thus throwing the timing out and allowing for additional rattle. Steve (Mr. VANOS) replaced the timing chain, too. I was very surprised when he actually showed me the slack. Not crazy, but a slack that shouldn't be there anyway.
The engine now runs quieter in the overrun and with no torque surges below 3k rpm.

mmm-five · Post by **mmm-five** » Mon Sep 09, 2019 4:57 pm

Does he replace the timing chain tensioner as well as the timing chain, or does the tensioner never break on the S54 (mine did on an S38 M5). If there's not a lot of stretch, then the tensioner should take up a bit of the slack anyway.

samZ4M · Post by **samZ4M** » Mon Sep 09, 2019 8:12 pm

You need Mark Purcell, Oxford based and a great rep. A few friends and I, all use him on our BMW's.

He's here: The Hangar Horton Road, Stanton St John, Oxford OX33 1AG. Ignore the other addresses you see online, they are old.

01865 711525

ph001 · Post by **ph001** » Tue Sep 10, 2019 9:54 am

Spaniarduk wrote: ↑Mon Sep 09, 2019 4:42 pm I got mine replaced by Mr VANOS at my home address in Leicestershire during the weekend. While he was 'at it' he also checked the valve clearance (two shims needed replacing)

The valve clearances need to be done in a controlled environment of 20'C. The tolerance on them is so tight that just an ambient temp change of 10'C is enough to push them from one end of the spec to the other. Unbelievable I know, but many repeated checks both first thing in the morning (about 7'C) compared to middle of afternoon (about 19'C) can make the difference between in spec and out of spec. Confirmed with many repeated measurements over 2 days using very high quality digital vernier calipers.

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